Securing land for the school

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The school stands to be in need of its own land to build up classes which can ease the poor conditioned structure that children are learning from at the moment Neighbours can look into this fact and find out possible ways of raising funds to purchase land and build our own school which can later or sooner serve a full primary school.In Kenya a full primary school needs up to eleven rooms.

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[body] => Hi Maria,
I hope all is well with you.I'm working on both Shaun and your steps of putting everything in proper order by attaining the necessary documents. Right now I am working on a CBO certificate which I know may take a month befor the it is ready.Thereafter I will open a school account.
I have written to Marina who have given me her email address and now we have to get in touch with her and see what next to be done on the website design.On getting through with these steps, I will be able to contact all the organisations you have reffered me to.I hope this is agood start and I believe we shall get on well once this primary stages have been archieved.
I have found the goat rearing project not convinient in a city like Nairobi because of scarce feeding area . May be we can turn the plot I own to be a home forn the children or even a secondary school for the children finishing primary school from Mathare since they have to proceed on with their secondary education.Altenatively it can be used as a centre for vacational training for the school dropouts.Basically Nairobi does't favour much farming activities except poultry keeping.
I have not met John although we had arranged to meet over the weekend.I believe he is having a tight working schedule as this is the openning of schools and it is a busy time for every teacher now.We shall still arrange to meet soon.
Let me stop here for now.Have a nice time.
Richard.
[teaser] => Hi Maria,
I hope all is well with you.I'm working on both Shaun and your steps of putting everything in proper order by attaining the necessary documents. Right now I am working on a CBO certificate which I know may take a month befor the it is ready.Thereafter I will open a school account.
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Hi Maria,
I hope all is well with you.I'm working on both Shaun and your steps of putting everything in proper order by attaining the necessary documents. Right now I am working on a CBO certificate which I know may take a month befor the it is ready.Thereafter I will open a school account.
I have written to Marina who have given me her email address and now we have to get in touch with her and see what next to be done on the website design.On getting through with these steps, I will be able to contact all the organisations you have reffered me to.I hope this is agood start and I believe we shall get on well once this primary stages have been archieved.
I have found the goat rearing project not convinient in a city like Nairobi because of scarce feeding area . May be we can turn the plot I own to be a home forn the children or even a secondary school for the children finishing primary school from Mathare since they have to proceed on with their secondary education.Altenatively it can be used as a centre for vacational training for the school dropouts.Basically Nairobi does't favour much farming activities except poultry keeping.
I have not met John although we had arranged to meet over the weekend.I believe he is having a tight working schedule as this is the openning of schools and it is a busy time for every teacher now.We shall still arrange to meet soon.
Let me stop here for now.Have a nice time.
Richard.

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[body] => Hi Vijai,
Thanks for your remarks.At this juncture we have discussed at length about this issue and I don't know which conlusion or direction neighbours can make.I will wait to know from your side because other neighbours are coming up with the opinion that seem to prefer remaining in Mathare and forget about the school venture in the plot I own. I am ready for whatever conlusion that can be reached as long as we can come to a mutual point of how to get the children helped.
I will stop here for now Feel free to discuss any thing again.
Thanks alot,
Richard.
[teaser] => Hi Vijai,
Thanks for your remarks.At this juncture we have discussed at length about this issue and I don't know which conlusion or direction neighbours can make.I will wait to know from your side because other neighbours are coming up with the opinion that seem to prefer remaining in Mathare and forget about the school venture in the plot I own. I am ready for whatever conlusion that can be reached as long as we can come to a mutual point of how to get the children helped.
I will stop here for now Feel free to discuss any thing again.
Thanks alot,
Richard.
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Hi Vijai,
Thanks for your remarks.At this juncture we have discussed at length about this issue and I don't know which conlusion or direction neighbours can make.I will wait to know from your side because other neighbours are coming up with the opinion that seem to prefer remaining in Mathare and forget about the school venture in the plot I own. I am ready for whatever conlusion that can be reached as long as we can come to a mutual point of how to get the children helped.
I will stop here for now Feel free to discuss any thing again.
Thanks alot,
Richard.

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[body] => Hi Richard and everyone,
Thanks to Vijai I think we have a clear understanding of the situation.
To summarise;
1. MAIN PROJECT.
As the present school at Mathare Education Centre, is on rented land from the government and under threat of closure, it is your hope to purchase another piece of land nearby and build a new primary school. The vulnerable children from desperately poor families often attend the existing school to get food which keeps them off the street.
2. POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR MAIN PROJECT.
You already own a second piece of land 30ft x 50ft a few kilometres from Mathare.
Your thoughts are to develop this to provide funds for the above project, either by:
a). Building a fee paying primary school.
A two storey school here would cost 3,000,000 KES (US$40,000) to build.
Parents in this area can afford to pay school fees.
b). Developing the land in some other way (eg Hospital). Neighbours suggestions are needed here.
You have also suggested that purchasing a Maize Grinding Mill for 200,000 KES (US$2,700) and charging families to use it could be a source of funds.
With the above in mind, I have a few questions.
1. Have you identified a suitable plot for a new school ?
I understood that the land where the Mathare slum is located is illegally occupied by people so presumably identifying a suitable plot to purchase will not be easy.
2. Have you considered purchasing any existing buildings which may be converted?
I ask this as it may be easier for neighbours to get behind such a tangible project.
The photo which I sent was of a nearby building that had potential for conversion and also a plot for sale next to it.
3. Who else locally do you have to assist you with this project and what support do you have from the community?
I think neighbours need to have much more information about the support that the project has locally before they can advise on fund raising etc. It would be helpful if other teachers would come forward to show their support and you could organise yourselves into a structured group. With your work commitments it will be difficult for you to oversee this project on your own.
4. What is the up to date situation at the school?
In May you reported you were running short of food from local donors; has this improved? Could we have a photo of the existing school so we can better understand the situation?
Maria recently forwarded some advice on ways to set up a sponsorship scheme for the children, have you followed this up?
I hope some of these points will encourage other neighbours to become involved in the discussion.
Regards Shaun
[teaser] => Hi Richard and everyone,
Thanks to Vijai I think we have a clear understanding of the situation.
To summarise;
1. MAIN PROJECT.
As the present school at Mathare Education Centre, is on rented land from the government and under threat of closure, it is your hope to purchase another piece of land nearby and build a new primary school. The vulnerable children from desperately poor families often attend the existing school to get food which keeps them off the street.
2. POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR MAIN PROJECT.
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Thanks to Vijai I think we have a clear understanding of the situation.

To summarise;

1. MAIN PROJECT.

As the present school at Mathare Education Centre, is on rented land from the government and under threat of closure, it is your hope to purchase another piece of land nearby and build a new primary school. The vulnerable children from desperately poor families often attend the existing school to get food which keeps them off the street.

2. POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR MAIN PROJECT.

You already own a second piece of land 30ft x 50ft a few kilometres from Mathare.
Your thoughts are to develop this to provide funds for the above project, either by:

a). Building a fee paying primary school.
A two storey school here would cost 3,000,000 KES (US$40,000) to build.
Parents in this area can afford to pay school fees.

b). Developing the land in some other way (eg Hospital). Neighbours suggestions are needed here.

You have also suggested that purchasing a Maize Grinding Mill for 200,000 KES (US$2,700) and charging families to use it could be a source of funds.

With the above in mind, I have a few questions.

1. Have you identified a suitable plot for a new school ?

I understood that the land where the Mathare slum is located is illegally occupied by people so presumably identifying a suitable plot to purchase will not be easy.

2. Have you considered purchasing any existing buildings which may be converted?

I ask this as it may be easier for neighbours to get behind such a tangible project.
The photo which I sent was of a nearby building that had potential for conversion and also a plot for sale next to it.

3. Who else locally do you have to assist you with this project and what support do you have from the community?

I think neighbours need to have much more information about the support that the project has locally before they can advise on fund raising etc. It would be helpful if other teachers would come forward to show their support and you could organise yourselves into a structured group. With your work commitments it will be difficult for you to oversee this project on your own.

4. What is the up to date situation at the school?

In May you reported you were running short of food from local donors; has this improved? Could we have a photo of the existing school so we can better understand the situation?
Maria recently forwarded some advice on ways to set up a sponsorship scheme for the children, have you followed this up?

I hope some of these points will encourage other neighbours to become involved in the discussion.

In the above comments Shaun has raised several issues related to your old school, maize grinding mill, hospital, etc.

So far my discussion with you on this thread has progressed on the issue of your project of a school in your owned plot of 50ft x 30ft, where you have yourself indicated that, based on your experience of a school, you are interested in operating only a school at this owned plot.

Since I presume that your reply to my last post is taking some more time, and in view of the comments from Shaun as above, it might be appropriate to wait while you reply to his queries. If you still feel so, we may pick up again later where we left off in my last post above. Otherwise, in case you wish to modify your requirement at this stage, you could indicate this in your posts, and this could be considered while progressing further on this thread.

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[body] => Hi Shaun,
Kindly accept my apology for being late to reply your querries.I was trying to gather some information about the plot next to the one you sent me before I could return to you.
Personally I live in Kayole a distance of about four kilometres from Mathare and I attend church in Mathare and that is why we started this project together with other church members who reside in Mathare.Currently we are running the school right from the church premises which is a rental one and in the process the church is the community trying to help in meeting some of the expenses such as rent bills.Since the church is not well designed to serve as a school, we are improvising by using the open spaces next to the church and other classrooms are rented in different structures nearby.So we are not together on a one building but we are scattered in different plots were we have managed to secure rooms.This actually does not make us look like a school but we are managing.
On your question about securing land, it is true getting land in this area is quite hard but given time we can get one although it is very costly in this area since it is near the city centre and the population is high.I have been trying to find out who the owner of the bulding in the photo you send is but I have been told that he resides out of the city and so I am yet to make arrangement of meeting him to know if he can be willing to sell it out to us, I will give you a feedback in the shortest time possible.
If given time to find out land or finished building to purchase, I know we can find one however the prices are very high.
The situation now is not very encouraging to the learners because we have no food left in our stock and wellwishers who give us assistance tend to send in help after realising good returns from their bussiness.This has to bring a negative impact as learnes don't attend classes daily and some end up in wrong places and activities.This is one of the areas that calls for quick attention.
On Maria's suggestion for a sponsorship program, indeed I welcome it because if pupils can have sponsors, they will be able to cater for the needs of the pupils and work can run smoothly and this can encourage the children to stick at school always.I have to come up with our website but it all needs money to have one at the end.At the moment I have no money as I have to pay for my january bills for my children.My wife who is working has been the main support of this work with afew members of the church but the community can bearly help nothing because it is apoor one.
Hope with these few highlights you can be able to give me the next step and where you need clarification, feel free to ask.
We have just opened and I will work on the school photo and upload it for you.
Regards,
Richard.
[teaser] => Hi Shaun,
Kindly accept my apology for being late to reply your querries.I was trying to gather some information about the plot next to the one you sent me before I could return to you.
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Hi Shaun,
Kindly accept my apology for being late to reply your querries.I was trying to gather some information about the plot next to the one you sent me before I could return to you.
Personally I live in Kayole a distance of about four kilometres from Mathare and I attend church in Mathare and that is why we started this project together with other church members who reside in Mathare.Currently we are running the school right from the church premises which is a rental one and in the process the church is the community trying to help in meeting some of the expenses such as rent bills.Since the church is not well designed to serve as a school, we are improvising by using the open spaces next to the church and other classrooms are rented in different structures nearby.So we are not together on a one building but we are scattered in different plots were we have managed to secure rooms.This actually does not make us look like a school but we are managing.
On your question about securing land, it is true getting land in this area is quite hard but given time we can get one although it is very costly in this area since it is near the city centre and the population is high.I have been trying to find out who the owner of the bulding in the photo you send is but I have been told that he resides out of the city and so I am yet to make arrangement of meeting him to know if he can be willing to sell it out to us, I will give you a feedback in the shortest time possible.
If given time to find out land or finished building to purchase, I know we can find one however the prices are very high.
The situation now is not very encouraging to the learners because we have no food left in our stock and wellwishers who give us assistance tend to send in help after realising good returns from their bussiness.This has to bring a negative impact as learnes don't attend classes daily and some end up in wrong places and activities.This is one of the areas that calls for quick attention.
On Maria's suggestion for a sponsorship program, indeed I welcome it because if pupils can have sponsors, they will be able to cater for the needs of the pupils and work can run smoothly and this can encourage the children to stick at school always.I have to come up with our website but it all needs money to have one at the end.At the moment I have no money as I have to pay for my january bills for my children.My wife who is working has been the main support of this work with afew members of the church but the community can bearly help nothing because it is apoor one.
Hope with these few highlights you can be able to give me the next step and where you need clarification, feel free to ask.
We have just opened and I will work on the school photo and upload it for you.
Regards,
Richard.

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[body] => Hi Richard,
Thank you for your answers. We now have a better understanding of the school situation and the support you have.
As you say, everything comes down to funds.
I am sure you will be aware of the Matopeni Community project as it is in Kayole (see website http://www.bostonchildrencentre.org/) It seems to me that they faced similar problems to Mathare but are now well advanced on a school building project, school meals and child sponsorship programme.I would urge you to have a look at the Matopeni "Resources" section on Nabuur which gives some good information applicable to your aims. You will see that in order to generate funds they had to set up certain basics;
1. A structured working group which can be identified by potential donors. In your case this may well be the group of church members you mention or like minded teachers. You will need a chairperson
(? yourself) and identifiable people prepared to take some responsibility for actions.
Donors are more likely to donate to a well organised group.
2. Select a name for the project and get it registered as a CBO (Community Based Organisation) with the local government. You will see the certificate they obtained here; http://www.nabuur.com/files/attach/2008/07/task/doc_47345b59942ec.jpg
3.By setting up a CBO you will be in a better position to apply for funds with organisations such as Give Meaning. Have a look at http://www.givemeaning.com/project/matopeni where you will see that their application shares many of your objectives.
4. Set up a bank account in the name of the CBO and indicate how any donors may make payments.
5. Prioritise your aims and set up a detailed budget to attain them.
In your case you may feel the food project / maize milling is most important.
Here is a typical Matopeni budget http://www.nabuur.com/files/attach/2008/07/task/doc_47ada2d151db1.doc
The above steps do not cost a lot. If you back them up with a couple of photos as well you will attract more neighbours to the project. This must be your first aim as many neighbours have vast experience of making a project successful.
I hope any neighbours reading this will contribute with some constructive suggestions/criticism. Am I being too simplistic? Or is there a better route?
In my experience, it is vital when applying to organisations for funds that there is complete transparency and accountability. I consider the above points essential in order to achieve this.
Cheers Shaun
[teaser] => Hi Richard,
Thank you for your answers. We now have a better understanding of the school situation and the support you have.
As you say, everything comes down to funds.
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Thank you for your answers. We now have a better understanding of the school situation and the support you have.
As you say, everything comes down to funds.
I am sure you will be aware of the Matopeni Community project as it is in Kayole (see website http://www.bostonchildrencentre.org/) It seems to me that they faced similar problems to Mathare but are now well advanced on a school building project, school meals and child sponsorship programme.I would urge you to have a look at the Matopeni "Resources" section on Nabuur which gives some good information applicable to your aims. You will see that in order to generate funds they had to set up certain basics;

1. A structured working group which can be identified by potential donors. In your case this may well be the group of church members you mention or like minded teachers. You will need a chairperson
(? yourself) and identifiable people prepared to take some responsibility for actions.
Donors are more likely to donate to a well organised group.

3.By setting up a CBO you will be in a better position to apply for funds with organisations such as Give Meaning. Have a look at http://www.givemeaning.com/project/matopeni where you will see that their application shares many of your objectives.

4. Set up a bank account in the name of the CBO and indicate how any donors may make payments.

The above steps do not cost a lot. If you back them up with a couple of photos as well you will attract more neighbours to the project. This must be your first aim as many neighbours have vast experience of making a project successful.

I hope any neighbours reading this will contribute with some constructive suggestions/criticism. Am I being too simplistic? Or is there a better route?

In my experience, it is vital when applying to organisations for funds that there is complete transparency and accountability. I consider the above points essential in order to achieve this.

Cheers Shaun

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[body] => Hi Shaun,
I welcome your ideas and procedures.I'm to work on them and see that I get equiped with all the ones I have not aquired.I will also do afollow up from other established programes such as Matopeni and the rest that Maria have reffered me to and learn from them to get more informed.
I will be back to you in the short while to update you about the far I will have gone.At the same time I should know whether I should continue looking for the land or building on sale in Mathare to help as better in this work.I know we shall reach somewhere as this discussion is helping me alot.
Let me end here for now and feel free to ask or send me any other infomation that will help us.
Thanks alot,
Richard.
[teaser] => Hi Shaun,
I welcome your ideas and procedures.I'm to work on them and see that I get equiped with all the ones I have not aquired.I will also do afollow up from other established programes such as Matopeni and the rest that Maria have reffered me to and learn from them to get more informed.
I will be back to you in the short while to update you about the far I will have gone.At the same time I should know whether I should continue looking for the land or building on sale in Mathare to help as better in this work.I know we shall reach somewhere as this discussion is helping me alot.
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Hi Shaun,
I welcome your ideas and procedures.I'm to work on them and see that I get equiped with all the ones I have not aquired.I will also do afollow up from other established programes such as Matopeni and the rest that Maria have reffered me to and learn from them to get more informed.
I will be back to you in the short while to update you about the far I will have gone.At the same time I should know whether I should continue looking for the land or building on sale in Mathare to help as better in this work.I know we shall reach somewhere as this discussion is helping me alot.
Let me end here for now and feel free to ask or send me any other infomation that will help us.
Thanks alot,
Richard.